Grumbacher Academy Oil and Acrylic Brushes

Made of student-grade white nylon synthetic fibers, Grumbacher Academy brushes are superb for oil and acrylic work. They’re soft-bristled, sleek, and ideal for any acrylic technique, including glazing, but they excel at fine detail work and applications where minimizing strokes is a must.

The gorgeous blue metallic finish over a long-handled wood shaft has incredible hand-appeal ... experience one for yourself!

Note — Brush sizes are not standardized. The length and width of a brush of a given shape and size varies considerably by manufacturer. Since fine art brushes are hand crafted, expect some variation even among brushes from a given manufacturer.

® Grumbacher is a registered trademark of Chartpak. ® Academy is a registered trademark.

I had a academy brush for years... never knew though. Started REALLY working on my canvases, found one of the two I have and loved the way it worked. It held it's point though I used it so much; so... I ordered the rounds [3 of each] and the filberts [3 of each]; I find I work only with rounds and filberts. The rounds work best for me on edges and broad areas. I do a lot of under painting; I clean the oil paint [only media I use] with paint thinner and wash the tips with fels-naptha soap... my handles haven't lost their coating...

This is my first time using Grumbacher Academy brushes. I am very disappointed of the quailty of the handles on all of these particular brushes. I purchased these brushes about 6-7 mos ago for acrylic painting. After washing the brushes a few times with only water the handles began to peel off big flakes of the blue coating. I could may understand if I had to clean them in turpentine but with only water. It should not happen even if I was using oil paints. These brushes were advertised as being for both mediums.

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